Author

Kira Albiez

Date of Award

2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Alcock, Frank

Area of Concentration

International and Area Studies

Abstract

This thesis examines the role of corruption and inequality on development in Nigerian and South Africa. I evaluate several prevailing approaches to these issues and incorporate more critical, contemporary, and localized research. Most past work on corruption and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa is incomplete because it often fails to incorporate many of the more complicated social and cultural components within this relationship. While this thesis does not come to a firm conclusion, it does highlight the importance of challenging dominant narratives that can be biased and conceptually limited.

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